its killing me. Im thinking about getting a WRX wagon 03 or 04. so whats the low down on these things?Is there anything specific you'd like to know about it? I've had mine for over 2 years now and I love it.. keep in mind, I live in Seattle, so it hasn't seen the rigors of a true winter.ViolentVolante said:So all of you WRX owners how do you like them. I have realized that the Rover is not going to work in the long run, seeing that i get like 13mpg on Premium
The Forester XT sounds awesome. I have a Forester and love it. Tons of room, decent mileage, nice enough interior, very functional car. I drove it across the country this summer, all across the western US and on several hundred miles of dirt and gravel roads. Has been through a few vermont winters (not pretty) and has taken them great.Happy said:
My fiance has the Forester XT - it's a rocket ship. Few things are more fun than pulling up next to some little punk in a ghetto-fied Eclipse at a stop light, and handing his @ss to him once the light turns - all while driving a tame looking car.JRogers said:
Hmmm... are they getting better mileage than they used to? I had an '85 4000S Quattro and it got decent mileage (~25mpg) but it sure would've been nice if they got really good (>30mpg) mileage.fuzzynutz said:
I've got a buddy with an Outback XT. That thing likes to *pulllll* when it hits the sweet rev-spot. Fun fun.s1ngletrack said:My fiance has the Forester XT - it's a rocket ship. Few things are more fun than pulling up next to some little punk in a ghetto-fied Eclipse at a stop light, and handing his @ss to him once the light turns - all while driving a tame looking car.
My Saturn Honda Vue V6 (The 2004 V6 Vue has honda V6, honda tranny, and honda ECU) FWD gets 20mpg city, 28 mpg highway (I've regularly gotten 30-32 mpg on purely highway driving before), ULEV2, 3500 lbs. class III towing capacity, takes regular, gets 10HP more than the Honda Pilot with the same engine and weighs 1200+lbs less. It also does 0-60 in 6.6 (AWD 0-60 in 6.9) and has class leading braking at 120s ft., and .81g skidpad. It only comes in 5-speed auto, but it was faster than the auto Forester XT I was considering plus cheaper and had a better drivetrain - definately like this wagon. I just got some free Eibach springs to lower the ground clearance to 6" and stiffen up the ride since its really a wagon anyways...narlus said:
That's curious, since Subaru claims that the Forester XT is the second fastest SUV (though I'm not sure I'd call it that) on the market - second only to the Cayenne.syadasti said:
Just found the specs from a databases1ngletrack said:
Yeah - we looked at the Vue too when we were looking for a car for her - I didn't realize that they had a Honda drivetrain - pretty impressive. We didn't look too closely at them just because the GF's parents have a Saturn and she doesn't like it for some reason.syadasti said:
I didn't even consider it until I found out about the Honda drivetrain and redesigned interior - I was going to get an 04 Forester XT Auto and had even filled out some paperwork for the IMBA discount but then decided to check out the Vue V6 after reading about the changes.s1ngletrack said:
Mine was about 24K after taxes with 17" wheels, leather, heated seats, CD player, etc and I bought my last October when they first came out - I could have gotten it cheap if I bought it later in the year obviously.Hawkeye said:
whatchu talkin' about willis??? don't be dissin' my peoplessyadasti said:
. Seriously, this car is the ****, and as the WRX is basically an updated version of the same car, I would recommend it. There is nothing like the feeling of being sucked back into your seat when the car hits 4000....and it just goes up from there.
Mmmm.... is that a UR-Quattro? Someday...... I want one of those.Sandwich said:one word....
Quattro!
that is, if you like vacuum lines
